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Sep 7, 2010

and our words of the country's biggest bank, kabul bank. kabul bank has lost enormous amounts of money through bad speculation and corruption. the news has seen long lines of anxious depositors wanting to withdraw funds. even the u.s. treasury department's support in the resignation of two directors have not restored confidence in kabul bank. >> there were long lines outside kabul bank's branches again on tuesday. the run on the bank began a week ago, and customers have withdrawn hundreds of millions of euros from their accounts. >> i have been to six branches of the bank since yesterday, but i cannot get a hold of my money. and today, i am number621 on the waiting list. the government is responsible for this crisis. the central bank should guarantee our savings. that is why it should be illegal for them to speculate with our money. >> the kabul bank did speculate on the de by real estate market. it poured 125 million euros into the gulf state stands. president karzai's brother is thought to have been involved in the deals. journalists in afghanistan now has cut deeply politicians were

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BBC World News

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Sep 17, 2010

.m. in washington and it afternoon in kabul where that afghan government has deployed more than 200,000 members of security forces to safeguard tomorrow's parliamentary elections. in the world -- words of the u.n. special envoy, one of the worst places in the worst times to have an election and were in the world. for the latest let's go live to kabul. >> here in the kabul, right across the country, security is exceptionally tight. policemen everywhere at key junctions in the capital. and yet intimidation and threats continued. 18 supporters of candidates were kidnapped today in the northwest of afghanistan. and another candidate was kidnapped this morning not far from kabul. more than three in the last two weeks according to the ports. yet with all of the threats and fears of violence, there is a lot of enthusiasm among the candidates. it 2005 hundred are competing for seats in the lower house of parliament and a record number of younger afghans -- between 25-35. but can they compete? there is a new look and afghan politics this year, a new style. this 30 year old tells his campaign team that t

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BBC World News

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Sep 18, 2010

security threats. hours before the polling opened there was a big explosion heard in kabul, the capital and it was thought to be a rocket attack the and bbc has uncovered evidence that voters are being approached to sell their polling papers and more. >> once again, afghans are going to the polls. this time for paraphernalia -- parliament. officials want to avoid the corruption and fraud in last year's presidential vote but we found that candidates are again trying to fix 9 results. these two men are afraid to be identified, but their story undermines claims that this election will be any cleaner than the last because more than 10 candidates for parliament have tried to buy their family's voting cards. >> we are going to sell the cards. we are poor people and politicians haven't done anything for us. if kds -- candidates are trying to buy votes why should you expect anything different from them? so we will sell our cards for money. >> and it's not just real cards being sold. there are "4 downs" -- thousands of fake ones too. one candidate was so angry he gave us proof of what's happenin

WJZ - CBS Evening News With Katie Couric

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CBS Evening News With Katie Couric

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Sep 6, 2010

-year-old war. there was a furious anti-american protest today in kabul. hundreds of young religious students and others chanted "death to america" and waved signs denouncing president obama. the protest was triggered by a florida church's announced plan to mark saturday's anniversary of 9/11 by burning copies of the koran. also in kabul today, government officials sought to ease a crisis at afghanistan's biggest bank. but it's a tough sell since president karzai's family and political cronies are seen as the root of the problem. mandy clark is in the afghan capital. >> reporter: panicked customers have been pulling their savings out of kabul bank as fast as they can. 23-year-old ahmed seyai is one of them. >> i just want to withdraw my money and i will never deposit my money back in the kabul bank. >> reporter: the run on the bank began last wednesday after reports that tens of millions of dollars of off-the-book loans had been given to allies of president hamid karzai ham's government. frightened customers withdrew half the bank's $500 million in cash in less than a week. afghan officials w

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Sep 17, 2010

that they will be punished if they cast ballots. a record number of young afghans are competing. we have this from kabul. >> there is and you look in afghan politics this year. it is style. this 30-year-old tells his team they should emphasized young, educated, and conserve to people. he is one of 100 young afghans have been decided for all the failures of their new parliamentary democracy, they see it as a future, and a future for them. >> if we want to build a peaceful, prosperous afghanistan, we want to stand up and say, we can bring peace to this country. we can bring dignity to this country. we can bring progress to this country. that is why i am standing on my own people. >> it is a message afghans will vote for. >> we have these new faces. the old mp's are only concerned with their own problems. look. this is full of poor and unemployed people. >> everywhere, reminders of the past. his stronghold is this village outside kabul. it is a former -- he is a former commander, and he is accused of war crimes. the people here voted for him in 2005. they will again. they tell me he is a strong man who wil

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Sep 17, 2010

people, including two candidates london before the country's parliamentary elections but but in kabul, the president called on voters to go to the polls despite them try to disrupt the election. some 2500 candidates are competing for 249 seats in the country's parliament. election results are not expected until sometime in october. and we will have more on the afghan elections, including an interview with the german foreign minister, later on in this half-hour. each autumn, millions of people from around the world flocked to munich for the legendary octoberfest. this year, organizers are expecting even more people to attend. it is the two hundred anniversary of the beer festival the celebrations kicked off a day early this year with a huge party on friday. >> a brass band in traditional clothes, a parade, and of course, lots of beer. the oktoberfest is celebrating its routes this year. the munich may are married off three couples to symbolize the wedding of the crown prince of bavaria and the princess exactly 200 years ago. that was the beginning of the oktoberfest. but on saturday, i

FOXNEWS - Studio B With Shepard Smith

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Sep 10, 2010

FOXNEWS
Studio B With Shepard Smith

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Sep 10, 2010

are told the now dead militant leader had been planning a bomb attack in kabul ahead of the pa parliamentary election there's. they tracked the commander and two other militants to a field and took action but only after ensuring no civilians were are in the area. with us is robert pelton. he has been to afghanistan many times. we keep hearing of the same stuff over and over again with the concerns for civilians. >> the good news is that they have thoroughly penetrated the transportation network out of pakistan and they are able to predict and five the groups even before they get to kabul and they know where most of the safe houses are and you are seeing more action in kabul with arrests and asass nations and actions. >> shepard: this seems to be less and less about a big military and more and more about one guy doing one job door to door. >> right. they are trying to keep up the newsbeat. they want something coming out of kabul or afghanistan on a daily or weekly basis? >> who is they? >> the three networks. the north unit and the tribe. >> shepard: the war lords. >> they work

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Sep 15, 2010

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Sep 15, 2010

and drugs into those taliban strongholds. nbc tom as peljoins us live from kabul and tell us a little bit about this struggle and how it's likely to shape up there, tom. >> hi, chris. well, as you mentioned, it's the 101st airborne with hundreds of afghan troops and they're moving west of kandahar city. now, the objective is to deny the taliban safe havens in those areas. it's part of an ongoing operation, really, that has been happening for the last couple months trying to sweep the taliban not only out of kandahar, but helman province and southern afghanistan in general. most of the attention in afghanistan today is focused on elections scheduled for this saturday morning. and we have seen the last minute campaigning, if you can call it that because it's very low key. most of the country has more than 17 million afghans prepared to vote in parliamentary elections. chris? >> let me go back to the offensive for a second and strategically how important is it viewed by the u.s.? >> well, i think it's going to clear a highway an important highway that runs west of the city there and i don't

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WMAR
America This Morning

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Sep 7, 2010

that burning the koran could put u.s. troops in harm's way. martha raddatz reports from kabul. >> reporter: the crowd in downtown kabul reached nearly 500 with protesters chanting, long live the koran. an effigy of pastor terry jones, from the tiny florida church, was lit on fire. the protesters, well aware the pastor's inflammatory comments. >> islam is an evil religion. >> reporter: but anger has spread far beyond pastor jones, with choochbts death to america, echoing through the crowd. minutes later, rocks were hurled at a passing u.s. military convoy. the u.s. commander in afghanistan, general david petraeus, is outraged by the threat to burn the koran, saying in a statement that it could "endanger troops. and it could endanger the overall effort here." we spoke in kabul with the former vice chief of staff of the army, general jack keane. >> it is outrageous. and it is insulting to muslims. but it's also insulting to the soldiers, for what they stand for and what their commitment is to the muslims in this country. >> reporter: pastor jones vowed he would go ahead with the koran burning

WJLA - ABC World News With Diane Sawyer

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WJLA
ABC World News With Diane Sawyer

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Sep 6, 2010

troops in harm's way. martha raddatz is in kabul, afghanistan, where those protests broke out. >> reporter: the crowd in downtown kabul reached nearly 500 today with protesters chanting "long live the koran." and effigy of pastor terry jones from the tinily florida church was lit on fire. the protesters well aware of the pastor's inflammatory comments. >> islam is an evil religion. >> reporter: but anger has spread far beyond pastor jones with chants of death to america echoing through the crowd. minutes later, rocks were hurled at a passing u.s. military convoy. the u.s. commander in afghanistan, general david petraeus, is outraged by the threat to burn the koran saying in a statement tonight that it could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort here. we spoke tonight in kabul with the former vice chief of staff of the army general jack keane. >> it is outrageous and insulting to muslims but to our soldiers in terms of what they stand for and their commitment to the muslims in this country. >> reporter: late today pastor terry jones vowed he would go ahead wi

WJLA - Nightline

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WJLA
Nightline

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Sep 7, 2010

/11 by burning the koran has sparked protests as far away as kabul while trying condemnation from the vatican. my co-anchor terry moran traveled to florida today to talk faith, hate and free speech with pastor terry jones. >> reporter: it a tiny but fervent congregation. the dove world outreach center has 30 con agree gants this sunday, and it is like many -- there is steaming in tongues here. look closely, though. the pastors are armed. and militant. >> it's evil. it's bad. it's against the bible. it's against god. >> reporter: the book, of course, is the koran. the holy book of the world's 1.3 billion muslims, believed by the faithful to be the word of god revealed through his prophet. and pastor terry jones says he will burn it on september 11th. >> we feel that their radical message is necessary. we also want to send a message to the moderate muslim to stay peaceful and moderate. we expect the muslims that are here in america to respect, honor, obey, submit to our constitution. >> reporter: and with that, pastor jones has led his little flock to the brink of a global confrontation and he's dr

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NBC Nightly News

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Sep 21, 2010

by the taliban? our own john yang is in kabul and he's with us from there. john, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. military officials say this appears to be an accident, not a shootdown. but still as you say, the worst helicopter crash since may of 2006. today's nine deaths bring the u.s. death toll to at least 351 for this year. still, more than three months to go in 2010 but already, it's the deadliest year for both u.s. and coalition forces. the helicopter that crashed today was a black hawk. the crash is under investigation. officials say there's no indication of any hostile fire. that, despite the taliban claim that they shot the helicopter down. meanwhile, another threat to the stability to the government of hamid karzai in afghanistan. mounting claims of fraud in this past weekend's parliamentary election almost on the scale of last year's tainted presidential election. so growing challenges here, both on the security front and on the political front, brian. >> thank you for all of it, john yang in kabul, afghanistan, for us tonight. >>> it has happened again, just south of

CNN - The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer

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Sep 4, 2010

CNN
The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer

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Sep 4, 2010

to kabul, to afghanistan right now to serve in the foreign ministry? >> i will serve afghanistan, certainly. i am not a career diplomat. i joined the government from the private sector for a vision of building a peaceful, prosperous afghanistan. i will continue to work for that vision but if it is outside the government or inside government, i have not decided yet. but i never have been part of the government for a long time. my past is private sector. >> because some reports say you'll stay here in the united states. >> yes, i will stay here for a transition because my family lives here. my son is going to school. for a short time, i will be here and then i will make the decision. >> mr. ambassador, we wish you only the best and we wish, of course, the people of afghanistan only the best. we hope there is peace, security and democracy in afghanistan one day. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> the u.s. ambassador in afghanistan is massive in both military and money and lives lost. now the brother of this man, president hamid karzai, wants the u.s. to step up again. this time, to res

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Sep 5, 2010

kabul coming up. >>> first, the first lady gets ready to hit the campaign trail. but this will be a cautious return. >>> plus, the ugly divorce drama for the couple that owns the l.a. dodgers. we'll tell you all about it. ♪ yeah, we really do - ♪ and there's nothing wrong - [ bird squawks ] ♪ with what i feel for you ♪ i could hang around till the leaves are brown and the summer's gone ♪ [ announcer ] when you're not worried about potential dangers, the world can be a far less threatening place. take the scary out of life with travelers insurance... and see the world in a different light. [ male announcer ] ever have morning pain slow you down? introducing bayer am, an extra strength pain reliever with alertness aid to fight fatigue. so get up and get goin'! with new bayer am. the morning pain reliever. with new bayer am. on your next business trip, pack your marriott rewards visa card. get triple points every time you use your card at marriott. apply now and earn 22,500 bonus points when you use your card and enjoy a free night stay. so, before you kno

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Sep 7, 2010

it could put u.s. troops in harm's way. martha raddatz reports from kabul. >> reporter: the crowd in downtown kabul reached nearly 500, with protesters chanting "long live the koran." an effigy of pastor terry jones from the tiny florida church was lit on fire. the protesters well aware of the pastor's inflammatory comments. >> islam is an evil religion. >> reporter: but anger has spread far beyond pastor jones, with chants of "death to america" echoing through the crowd. minutes later, rocks were hurled at a passing u.s. military convoy. the u.s. commander in afghanistan, general david threat to burn the koran, saying in a statement that it could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort here." we spoke in kabul with the former vice chief of staff of the army. >> it is outrageous and it is insulting to muslims. but it's also insulting to our soldiers in terms of what they stand for and what their commitment is to this country and to the muslims in this country. >> reporter: pastor terry jones vowed he would go ahead with the koran burning. >> what we are doing is l

FOXNEWS - America's News HQ

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Sep 11, 2010

FOXNEWS
America's News HQ

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Sep 11, 2010

powell is live in kabul. tell us more. >> jamie, there were some festivities here as some of the larger bases, but across the country for u.s. troops it was another day in a combat situation. there simply are no holidays, no breaks for most of the troops here. they have a mission here and that's to defeat the taliban. nine years on the war here in afghanistan has really been a war of transition the past 18 months or so. for years hthommanders here complained at tre weren't enough troops or resources to properly fight the taliban. that's all changed in the lt year or sopr as president obama serves another 30,000 troops here. those tops are all fully incounn place a new strategy here. for years it was just focusing on trying to kill, hunt down and kill the taliban. that changed now. the focus here is to protect afghan civilians and build up the afghan government, curity forces from the police to the army and one u.s. general told f here recently in the past days that the strategy here reay is to train the u.s.' way out of this country. they want to train the afghan police and the afghan a

WMPT - PBS NewsHour

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Sep 9, 2010

WMPT
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Sep 9, 2010

have come to kabul bank to close my account, but it is very busy here, a lot of people are here to withdraw their money. >> warner: the customers acted after kabul bank posted losses of $300 million, and saw its two top officers were ousted. u.s. and afghan officials say the bank made unorthodox loans to well-connected elites and risky real estate investments in dubai. the bank has close connections to president hamid karzai. the top shareholders-- former chairman, sherkhan farnood, and former ceo, khalilullah fruzi-- helped finance and advise karzai's 2009 re-election campaign. two other top shareholders, and beneficiaries of bank loans, are the president's brother, mahmoud karzai, the vice president's brother, hassen fahim. the government insists it's central bank will do what's needed to keep kabul bank from collapsing. >> my message to all the depositors is: their money is safe, the government of the afghanistan bank is standing behind kabul bank, we know the money is there, they must not panic. >> warner: state department spokesman p.j. crowley said this week the u.s. won't

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Sep 5, 2010

's tom aspell is in kabul with the latest. tom with a good day to you, what can you tell us? >> well, the british sunday times says one of its reporters has met with a taliban treasurer from wardak province west of kabul who makes regular trips into kabul to go to five iranian construction companies which then give him cash to carry back to the shadowed governor of wardak province, who distributes the money to taliban fighters. they each get paid about $200 a month and are given a bonus of a thousand dollars if they kill an american and $6,000 if they destroy an armored vehicle belonging to the americans. now the "sunday times" says these companies have been in existence about six months, take money from foreign donors, for reconstruction projects, send the profits back to tehran by the banking system and return some of the money to kabul to be distributed to the taliban treasurer. we contacted the taliban in wardak province, they said unofficially we have friendly relations with all neighboring countries, but officially this never happened. alex. >> to what extent might this be part

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Sep 14, 2010

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BBC World News

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Sep 14, 2010

. turkey did not fulfill its obligation. >> the afghan central bank is taking over the kabul thank. according to the central bank. several senior directors of kabul bank. including karzai's bother are to be investigated. austral australia's first prime minister is the first woman to be elected to the post. >> now, she's been held pretty much in solitary confinement for more than a year. today, sarah shourd was released. they explained they got lost in a hiking trip. she has been denied treatment for serious health problems. the detention period for her friend, shane bower has been extended for another 2 months. >> after more than a year in an iranian jail, she has been freed. >> i freely greatful. it's a huge relief for me. i want to thank every country and individual involved in this process but her 2 fellow hikers are still being held. >> my first priority is to help my fiance and friend gain their freedom. they don't deserve to be prison anymore. >> iran was released but it's not clear who paid it. >> president ahmadinejad said her mother campaigned for her health >> there's a

WMPT - BBC World News

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Sep 10, 2010

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Sep 10, 2010

of the country. in kabul, president karzai spoke out with a new warning to terry jones, that he should not think of carrying out his threat. >> any a front against the koran was a humiliation to muslims everywhere. , >> this prompted a new intervention on american television from general petraeus. >> there has been some damage done. you have heard of demonstrations here in afghanistan. they are already images implanted in the minds. >> this afternoon president obama weighed in again with more strong words, making clear he thinks this crisis is not about a french preacher but a matter of national security. >> the idea that we would burn the sacred texts of someone else's religion is contrary to what this country stands for. it is contrary to what this nation was founded on. and my hope is this individual praise on it and refrains from it. we are seeing today riots in kabul, afghanistan that threaten our men and women in uniform. we have an obligation to send a clear message that this kind of behavior or threats of action put our young men and women in harm's way. >> no. >> at the eye of the storm

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Sep 7, 2010

general david petraeus. 500 people in kabul, gathered to demonstrate because of one small church in america that plans to bring copies of the koran. the protesters threw rocks at u.s. army vehicles. >> we are very worried about the implications of a possible koran burning in united states. it puts our soldiers in jeopardy, very likely. we have already seen the demonstrations here in kabul just at the rumors that this could take place. and that the images from such an activity could very well be used by extremists here and around world and in the same way that they use images from abu gharib and other instances. >> the church says it plans to go ahead. the church only has 50 members and is run by terry jones. many see it as a fringe movement. but right now, this man has everyone's attention. mr. jones justifies his plans in an interview for the bbc. >> is we do not do it, when do we stop backing down? when do we stop giving in to islamiah, or radical islam? when they burn the flag, when they kill christians, when they burn churches? >> but in washington, religious leaders rejected

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CBS Morning News

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Sep 21, 2010

year for nato in the nine-year war. mandy clark is in kabul with more. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. according to nato sources, early reports indicate that the dead were americans and on a special forces mission. now, the crash happened at 4:00 a.m. in southern afghanistan. many of these covert operations happen at night and the goal is to disban taliban operations, either hunting commanders or sevening for caches of drugs and weapon. there was no enemy fire when the helicopter crashed in the region, so the cause of the crash is being investigated. according to sources, it happened in zabul province, north of kandahar and a taliban-dominated area. unfortunately, helicopter crashes have happened in the past. last october was one of the deadliest with two crashes leaving 14 americans dead. terrell? >> it's a crash we will certainly be following. mandy clark in kabul for us. thank you. >>> later today the senate is expected to vote on whether to repeal don't ask, don't tell. the house has already passed a military. on that. >> reporter: good morning. today's vote could be

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NBC Nightly News

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Sep 7, 2010

: demonstrators in kabul angrily denouncing the united states. they burned flags and effigies and pelted stones at a passing u.s. military convoy. kabul, once one of the most isolated cities, is no longer cut off. the demonstrators were reacting to a tiny church in gainesville, florida. with just a few dozen members, the church has made headlines and internet chatter with its anti-muslim slogans and its plans to burn copies of the koran on 9/11. >> we are going to have an international "burn a koran" day. >> reporter: church leader terry jones says the goal is to stand up to islamic extremism. >> we believe our president plays it down. we believe that people are afraid of radical islam. they're afraid to confront it. >> reporter: but the american commander in afghanistan doesn't agree. general david petraeus said the image of americans burning a koran could harm u.s. troops and the war effort. in a statement today, petraeus said, the safety of our soldiers and civilians would be put in jeopardy and accomplishment of the mission would be made more difficult. americans burning a koran, the genera

KPIX - CBS Evening News With Katie Couric

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Sep 9, 2010

KPIX
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Sep 9, 2010

. mandy clark is in kabul tonight. >> reporter: the leaflet said that america is the biggest enemy of islam and called on muslims to take revenge for the burning of the koran. the leaflets have been handwritten and dropped in paktia province. cancer they've been distributed taliban on motor bikes to small villages. most villagers are illiterate, so the leaflets would have been left with imams to read out in mosques and spread the word that way. the taliban has capitalized on the controversy at the holiest time of the year for muslims, a time when the mosques will be packed with followers. mandy clark, cbs news, kabul. >> smith: we want to bring in juan zarate. good evening. >> good evening, harry. >> smith: how much damage has already been done by this? >> well, harry, some damage has already been done. we've seen protests in muslim capitals around the world. we just heard about the taliban leaflets calling on acts of revenge, and the burning of koran has fed a perception that america is hostile toward islam and toward muslims, but i think we should all be breathing a collective si

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Sep 16, 2010

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Sep 16, 2010

-- our kabul correspondent reports. >> she's campaigning for parliament. the last time she ran for her country was at the beijing olympics as a sprinter. in this male-dominated society, she's one of 406 women standing for the 200 seats in parliament. despite her inexperience, she is confident of her success. >> if this election is transparent and fair, i'm sure those people who wanted me to stand will vote for me. i think i can get plenty of votes. >> there is hardly an inch of kabul where you can't see her posters. she came last in beijing, but it gives hope to some. >> i'm going to vote for this candidate because she is young and she might help the youth of this country. >> i do not know who is this lady who just passed by. it's good to vote for someone you know. how can i say something about her when i do not know her? >> back at her headquarters, they are readying more forces. some candidates have received death threats from the taliban. >> yes, i've been threatened. every night i put up my posters but the next morning they are gone. every day people tell me they've heard i've been

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Sep 18, 2010

have run the process themselves. nbc's john yang joins us tonight with more from kabul. john, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. officials say at least 14 people were killed in taliban rocket and bomb attacks on this election day, but the taliban failed to stop the voting as they had promised to do. in fact, despite a recent uptick in violence here, today was calmer than last year's presidential election, but turnout appears to have been spotty at best. none of the long lines that marked last year's balloting. this was a key test of afghan progress today, not only security progress, but political progress. president obama wants to start withdrawing troops next summer. late today in a statement, top u.s. commander general david petraeus stressed that today the afghans were in charge, in charge of security and in charge of the voting process. last year's election, of course, was marked by massive fraud, and observers are already saying there was evidence of fraud again today. so the biggest test will be how the afghan government handles those complaints. and with 2500 c

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Sep 18, 2010

, rocket attacks, including one right outside nato headquarters in kabul. nobody there. we will have a live report from afghanistan as well. bp's broken oil well in the gulf of mexico about to be dead for good. today, bp officials bumped some cement into the bottom of the well. once it is set, the final pressure test will be conducted. if all is successful, the well will be officially declared dead. it ruptured five months ago causing the largest oil spill in u.s. history. >>> pope benedict xvi expressing deep sympathy for the conflict that has hit the catholic church. >> you are at the spot where a lot of people are coming together for his next public event? >> reporter: this is hyde park in london where the park will end with a prayer vigil that is expected to be attended by around 80,000 people or so. i can tell you that there are easily tens of thousands of people here already and the headlines are still about three hours or so away. it has been a busy day for the pope. it started with a meeting with the british prime minister at london's westminster cathedral. it was there he touched o

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Sep 18, 2010

, live from kabul after this. games with my grandchildren. great news! for people with copd, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both, advair helps significantly improve lung function. while nothing can reverse copd, advair is different from most other copd medications because it contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to help you breathe better. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking advair. i had fun today, grandpa. you and me both. if copd is still making it hard to breathe, ask your doctor if including advair will help improve your lung function for better breathing. get your first full prescription free and save on refills. afghan voters are facing down threats of violence and they have turned out today to cast ballots in the country's fourt

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CBS Evening News With Katie Couric

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Sep 17, 2010

, plenty of afghans are willing to risk their lives for democracy. from kabul, here's mandy clark. >> reporter: as an afghan woman, everything about robina jalali is unconventional: ambitious, young and bristling with confidence, the 25-year-old is running for parliament. two years ago she was in a different race, running for afghanistan in the beijing olympics. she finished last then. tomorrow jalali hopes for a different result. "i represent youth and i represent women" she says. "and both need a voice in parliament." but constituents here are just as likely to kill candidates as they are to vote for them. >> look at this, this is my car. >> reporter: she was in the front seat campaigning when insurgents smashed in the windows. jalali is not alone. the taliban have threatened anyone involved in the elections. its campaign of terror has left three candidates dead. but 2,500 people are defying the danger and running for 249 seats candidate haroun mir warns the could be afghanistan's last election before the taliban regain power-- a threat he compares to a spreading tumor. so talib

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comes back through kabul and is paid to taliban commanders. tom aspell has more from afghanistan. >> the sunday times investigation says that over the past six months b $100,000 has been transferred to the taliban in the province. it follows a treasurer who comes down from the province and picks up the money and cash. he's told the sunday times that the taliban is paying up to $1,000 for every dead american and $6,000 for the destruction of any armored vehicle belonging to the american forces. it is known in the past and foreign intelligence agencies do confirm that iran has supplied some materials and weapons for taliban fighters in certain parts of afghanistan, but this is a major investigation conducted by the british sunday times, and it says that if true, this is iran directly funding the taliban to attack american forces. now, western intelligence agencies and afghan intelligence officials say this has been going on for at least six months, and they're looking into iranian companies now based in kabul. in kabul, tom aspell, nbc bay area news. >>> this morning president obam

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elections. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, election observer scott worden in kabul has the details about reports of widespread fraud at the polls. >> ifill: then we talk with admiral thad allen about the permanent sealing of the blown out oil well in the gulf of mexico. >> brown: margaret warner runs a debate on whether the f.d.a. should allow the sale of genetically modified salmon for human consumption. >> ifill: judy woodruff looks at the political power of sarah palin, with reporters libby casey of alaska public radio and jeff zeleny of the "new york times." anybody spots new tennis shoes the headline is going to be, vanity fair, they're going to say palin in iowa decides to run. >> brown: and ray suarez talks with angela kocherga of belo television on the latest killing of a journalist in the mexican drug wars. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastin

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by the parent company of this network. the reports saying a number of iranian companies in kabul are using their offices to secretly finance taliban fighters. according to the report, the iranians are paying militants $1,000 for each u.s. soldier they kill and $6,000 for each american military vehicle they destroy. this comes just a few days after the top u.s. commander in afghanistan had said he does not think iran's a big player there. well, meanwhile, that top commander weighing in today on a controversial plan back home to burn copies of the koran. a pastor in florida saying he plans to do just that on saturday. to mark nine years since the attacks of 9/11. the decision has sparked protests across afghanistan. the latest happened in kabul today. general david petraeus releasing a statement now suggesting the pastor could be harming our troops and our country. saying the koran burning could, quote, endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort in afghanistan. it is precisely the kind of action the taliban uses and could cause significant problems, not just here but everywhere

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us live from kabul. good afternoon to you. what's the view of these elections? was the fraud as rampant as it was in the presidential election? >> well, i tell you, the complaints are coming in faster than the returns. the returns are not going to happen for a couple of days but already independent observers are complaining about some 300 cases of voter indtimidation, phony ballot papers, polling place where is materials never showed up. as you said, this is really crucial to the president's plans to stabilize afghanistan and hopefully begin withdrawing troops next summer. there was already doubt about the afghan's ability to run the presidential election marked with massive fraud and another tainted election would be a big blow and across the country there was remarkable reports in one polling place in the rural areas, a man showed up with 1600 phony voter registration cards and tried to vote them all by proxy. not even in chicago, chuck and savannah. >> well, i'll tell you, john, it's good to have a chicago guy out there, actually, to be monitoring these elections. john yan

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killing at least ten people. insurgents used scattered rocket attacks on kabul to keep at least a couple stations from opening up. some 2500 candidates are vying for 249 parliamentary seats. these are the first afghan-run parliamentary elections since the fall of the taliban. >>> well, the koran burning that wasn't is producing a new outrage today, even though pastor terry jones refused to burn the koran on the anniversary of 9/11. the extra security they supplied last weekend will cost more than $200,000. they expect the outreach center to foot the bill for the 200 on-duty sheriffs and deputies called to the church, but the gainesville city manager doesn't know if the city has the legal authority to make the church pay. >>> in the meantime, a newspaper is reporting terry jones said he may move his church to tampa so he and his flock can make a fresh start. >>> lindsay lohan is facing a possible return to jail. the actress confirmed on her twitter page she indeed failed a court-ordered drug and alcohol test. she also tweeted she's ready to face the consequences. the actor finished jail a

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abroad. in kabul, demonstrations and violence broke out today. hundreds of protesters burnt effigies and chanted death to america. nothing particularly unusual about that except for the timing. a cleric at a mosque in kabul said of the planned koran burning quote, it's an insult to the whole muslim world. sending a distracting message to the u.s. and all muslims. another protest is planned for money if the florida koran burning happens over the weekend. in another province of afghanistan, northeast of kabul, near bagram air base, 500 to 700 protesters attacked a security post but the afghan national police reportedly prevented the post from being overtaken. abc news is reporting that afghan insurgents are distributing anti-american leaflets to villagers in logar province, entitled "shocking news." according to an abc translation, it states this time these people have decided once again to insult our religion, our koran and our holy sites. an unnamed military officer telling abc "our assessment is that the insurgents here in logar, province afghanistan are seizing on the opportunity o

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are on notice. >> on september 11th, i was in kabul south florida just heard an intake perhaps a couple of miles away. >> reporter: it was very clear to me this was a terrorist attack of some kind and bin laden was behind it and pretty quickly attention was going to focus on where we were in kabul and afghanistan. >> on my orders, the u.s. military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime in afghanistan. >> we were the first journalists to get into kandahar after kandahar fell. within a day, local afghans were bringing some of the things they were finding in that training camp. there was a group of passports. you could see details of arabs coming to afghanistan just before september 11th. it was very clear that bin laden was sort of strengthening his forces on the ground, that he expected there would be a need to fight. >> a person directed with the responsibility of hunting down bin laden and members of al qaeda that fled kabul after we seized the city. >> he knew the place like the back of his hand, ideal place to stand agains

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killed in a single crash. we're live in kabul with the latest on that. >>> and the new hazard on the road. you and your cell phone. alarming new numbers on what is now, frankly, an epidemic of distracted driving. it's september 21st, 2010. i'm chuck todd. >> good morning. i'm savannah guthrie. let's get right to the rundown. we're going to start with that breaking news out of afghanistan. nine americans were killed in a helicopter crash overnight, making this the deadliest year for western force so far as. nbc's john yang is live in kabul with the latest. john, good morning. what happened here? >> reporter: good morning, savannah. this was the worst helicopter crash in about four years for u.s. troops. nine troops dead. this happened in zabul province, which is in the south-southeastern section of afghanistan. an area where the taliban controls much of the territory and where coalition forces have been stepping up their attempts to push the taliban out. we are told this crash happened about 4:00 this morning, local time. the military says that there were no reports of enemy fire. that the

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, in kabul, afghanistan, hundreds of protesters burned an effigy of that pastor. and now the u.s. commander in afghanistan is joining the debate, warning that the pastor's plan could endanger u.s. troops. >>> in new york, local politician joined a protest against plans to build a mosque and islamic center two blocks from ground zero. we are joined live from the the site of the proposed islamic center in lower manhattan. mike, you've been tracking what a lot of people say is growing and in some ways frightening anti-muslim sentiment. >> chris, it's something. retractable anger on one side and frightening circumstance where the way things are developing it could confirm the worst perceptions each side have. you talk about this pastor, terry jones, in gainesville, florida, tiny church, maybe 50 members. in this sberinternet, murlti-plm age, whether it's responsible or not just responsible but dangerous and remember what happened with the dangerous cartoons about mohammed, the plushing of the koran down the toilet in the prison lavoratory. the pastor has been talking about his plan for weeks. >

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:30, we will have brigadier general jeffrey smith joining us from kabul to talk about security transition in afghanistan. then we will turn our attention to the housing market. the "time" magazine front page cover story was re-thinking home ownership, why owning a home may no longer makes economic sense. the author of that report will be with us. thank you for watching today. we will be back tomorrow. . . [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> this one and c-span, "newsmakers," close guard, not admiral robert papp. he talks about the role of the coast guard during hurricane season. after that, a look at his mission in iraq. the presidential address from thursday. also, the response by john barringer. >> was the coast guard will and the operation of their the -- out there? >> we will respond to any search and rescue cases out there that happened. i would say if you try to correlate between the deep the water rise in response and the response to the vermillion 380 response yesterday, they both the start of s search

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in london, they are getting paid thousands to carry out these attacks. tom aspell is in kabul with more on this disturbing development. good sunday morning, tom, or evening your time. what can you tell us? >> alex, the british sunday times says that five iranian construction companies headquartered here in kabul have been channeling funds to the taliban for the past six months, probably amounting to about $100,000. now it says those funds goes toward paying taliban fighters 1 thpds f $,000 for every american they kill and $6,000 for every armored vehicle they destroy. it works like this according to the sunday times, the iranian construction companies bid on contracts funded by foreign donors and the profits from those construction projects are then sent by bank drop through to dubai or back to tehran and the money is turned around and brought back in through what's known as the hall lal system, an informal system of islamic banking where you can give money to somebody here or in your own city rather, and then have it picked up somewhere else, almost instantaneously by transmitting, by

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in baghdad, kabul, how about building a world class one here in washington? mr. president, time for greatness. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "countdown" with keith olbermann starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? general david petraeus urges a florida church to reconsider. let's burn some korans on 9/11 to show them how much better we are than they are. >> we have firmly made up our mind but at the same time we are definitely praying about it. >> even the rumor that it might take place, petraeus writes, has sparked demonstrations such as the one that took place in kabul yesterday. the general on the ground in afghanistan speaks. why aren't the right wing politicians listening to him and echoing his concern? the silence of the republicans. silver lining among registered voters, the generic house seat. republicans 47, democrats 45. the task for the dems how to inspire registered voters to become likely voters. amid reports of a rahm emanuel run for mayor of chicago, and a new chief of staff in the white house, the president steps

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demonstrations here in kabul over the rumor that this event could take place. >> i say, shame on you. >> today, some of the country's top religious leaders say they have been working behind the scenes to convince pastor terry jones to change his mind. >> with regard to what the general said, if he is correct, then we're really in trouble. >> muslims who say islamaphobia is reaching a new high worry that it could spell violence here at the proposed muslim center site at ground zero, too. they have put out a series of public service announcements with the intended message, we are not so different. >> i responded to 9/11 and diane a muslim. the >> attorney-general eric holder is now involved. he met with that group of leaders this afternoon to talk about the government's role in prosecuting any crimes that might occur or have occurred already. they called the pastors' plans "concerning." >> president obama whelm mark the ninth anniversary of the september 11 attacks at -- will mark the ninth anniversary of the september 11 attacks at the pentagon. vice-president joya biden will travel to ground z

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with the latest from kabul. >> reporter: excite dozens of attacks across afghanistan, millions of afghans did turn out to vote today, braving the violence. for the most part it was a calm and relatively day. the big issue going forward is corruption and fraud. there were many reports today that the indelible ink that used to prevent afghans from voting more than onces with a bit too easy to wash out and there are reports that fake voting cards were used and also reports of voter-entame indication. the election here is a major test of the new u.s. strategy and outside observers say so far what little information we have, this election looks cleaner and more trance parent thannast year's election. considering the circumstances, the violence and growing targettan insurgency, they think so far this was a big improve over last year's eselection. >>> apple is reportedly come up with a new application for its ipad that can download electronic versions of newspapers. industry experts say the new app is rumored to be called inewspaper. the service is said to be close to completion, but will probably be he

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killed bringing the death toll to at least 530. more now from mandy clark in kabul. >> reporter: the black hawk helicopter was in on a predawn mission just north of kandahar when it crashed. 12 people were on board. sources tell cbs news the chopper may have been carrying members of a special forces team, covert nighttime operations, aimed at high-value targets that are a key part of the war strategy. u.s. forces have been swarming into the outskirts of kandahar in an effort to flush the taliban out of its traditional stronghold. the taliban was quick to announce that it shot the black hawk down with rocket-propelled grenades. but nato says there was no enemy fire anywhere in the area. >> the doubting of a... downing of a helicopter whether it was accident, weather related or enemy related, to a certain extent it's to be expected when you have more people, more soldiers, more helicopters in that region. >> reporter: u.s. forces in afghanistan rely heavily on helicopters for everything from transport to close aerial support. this is a rugged mountainous country and the roads are

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it was a nato chopper that unleashed that strike. our own john yang is on duty tonight in kabul. john, goodvening. >> rorter: good evening, brian. tonight, general david petraeus, the top u.s. commander here, has reached out to officials in pakistan to offer his condolences for the aths. but nato officials aren't yet ready to accept responsibility. pakistan wasted no time respding to the death of these three soldiers, killed at a border post in pakistan's tribal region by apache attack helicopter the choppers were supporting ground forces in afghanistan, who thought they spotted insurgents firing mortars. nato officials say the apaches took small arms fire from inside pakistan. >> operating in self-defense, the aircraft entered into pakistani air space, killing several armed individuals. >> reporter: within hours, pakistan blocked u.s. and coalition supply trucks heading into afghanistan. late today, more than 150 trucks were backed up in the khyber pass. the border crossing is on a vital supply line. it handles about 80% of the military's fuel, food, water, and other non-lethal suppl

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by the taliban. ivan watson is live from the capital of kabul now. where were the incidents and did they impact the voting at the polling stations? >> absolutely. nearly 20% of the polling stations across the country were closed because of security threats. kabul was relatively calm. but, we are counting from afghan official sources at least 12 civilians killed. descriptions of more than 100 taliban artillery attacks, roadside bombs in the north, east and west of the country. there was another big issue, that was reports of cheating and fraud at the polls in large part because last year, there was a presidential election and more than 1 million ballots thrown out believed to have been counterfeit. listen to what one voter had to say to us about his expectations for today's vote. >> translator: my expectations are not very high for this election because i know there's old parliament leaders will be elected. i'm hopeful some good people will also get elected. >> reporter: now, fredericka, more than 2500 candidates were competing for 24 seats. there was enthusiasm among the candidates. we got news

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in kabul. the pastor's 9/11 anniversary plans triggers outrage in the muslim world putting u.s. troops on the defensive. >> president obama unveils more of his economic plan today [ female announcer ] to do well, kids need to eat well. and eating well means getting enough whole grain and calcium. and general mills big g kid cereals can help. did you know it's the only leading line of kid cereals with at least 8 grams of whole grain and a good source of calcium? cereals they already love, like lucky charms and cinnamon toast crunch. give your kids more of what they need to be their best. grow up strong. with big g kid cereals. ♪ how'd you do that? do what? it tastes too good to be fiber. you ma it taste like chocolate. it has 35% of your daily value of fiber. do it again. turn it into sometng tasty. this guy's doing magic. there's chocolate chips in here w. hod you do that? right! tasty fiber, that's a good one! ok, umm...read her mind. what's she thinking? that's right! i'm not thinking anything! [ male announc ] fiber one chewy bars. cardboard no. delicious yes. key lime pie, pineap

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. we've seen proceed sess start to erupt in kabul, there is a very real concern now between the top commander general petreaus and now the nato secretary general that if the koran is burned on 9/11 it may have a ripple effect at a very critical time in the afghan war. other than that the secretary general was proud to announce that 2,000 trainers will be going to afghanistan from nato countries, obviously training afghan forces is critical if the u.s. wants to end their role in afghanistan. megyn. megyn: thank you so much. new developments today in the big debate over what the president should do to mark september 11th this year. is going to the pentagon for a second year in the row a right move. radio talk show host lou dobbs weighs in next. plus a teenager swept away by a raging river. we'll show you what happens when the rescue boat cannot reach him. and he sure can interview but can geraldo rivera float like abutter fly and sting like a bee? find out what happens when he gets in the ring with mohammed ali as fox looks back at 40 years of geraldo. >> you know what you look like w

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on all fronts. ivan watson in kabul, afghanistan. fred plankton in islamabad, pakistan kninic robertson and i tell us what you know about this first. >> reporter: well, an air strike that took place on saturday according to u.s. and nato spokesmen. usually we're hearing about raids that tart taliban commanders, taliban operatives. this time identifying two arab al qaeda operatives. one by the name of abdullah omar karashi a saudi bringing foreign fighters into afghanistan, ard coulding to a spokesman and abu atta al kuwaiti, a kuwaiti explosives expert. this took place in kunar province near the border with pakistan, in a bloody corner called the corner valley, an area u.s. forces recently evacuated after spending five years fighting there and losing at least 40 american lives. and sad piece of news. a nato isap soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in southern afghanistan today. a bloody year in afghanistan. ali? >> stay with us. going to fred, an interest in drone attacks inside pakistan. tell us the significance of this. why is that happening and what's different about what's happening?

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